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That ignores taxes which make up ~30% of retail price depending on the price of oil at the time.

Further, gas stations generally need to pay quite a bit to get gas shipped to them as it's heavy (12 gallons is over 75 pounds), dangerous, and often very far away.

So, cost at the refinery is very misleading.




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